On Wed, 11 Jan 2006 15:53:48 -0700,
"Livin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I need to dynamically create dictionary names using strings input at
> the time of creation. These will then be placed into a "Parent"
> dictionary.
Don't do that.
> item[5]='Kitchen Ceiling Lights'
> devDictName = item[5].replace(' ','+')
> 'dict_'+devDictName = [{'Group':item[2], 'Status':item[3],
> 'DimLevel':item[4], 'DeviceName':item[5], 'Location':item[6],
> 'HouseCode':item[7], 'LastChange':item[8], 'DeviceType':item[9],
> 'CanDim':item[10], 'Values':item[11]}]
This is a list that contains one item, and that one item happens to be a
dictionary. Is this really what you want?
> dictDevices[item[0],'dict_'+devDictName]
Put the dictionaries you create into another dictionary instead:
devDict = { }
key = item[5].replace(' ','+')
devDict[key] = {'Group':item[2],
'Status':item[3], # etc.
}
HTH,
Dan
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